During your stay in Galaxidi

During your stay in Galaxidi, don't forget to: .

• Swim to the cleanness waters of Kalafatis beach
• Buy traditional sweets and jams
• Walk at the port
• Visit the unique navy museum
• Visit the Holy Monastery of Saviour
• Visit the St. Paraskevi chutch with its unique sun watch
• Take part at the Alevromoutzouromata on Shrove Monday
• Walk at the environmental garden of Galaxidi
• Taste fresh fish at the seaside fish-taverns
• Visit the hill with the windmills and its wonderful view 

 

Galaxidi, a traditional maritime town of the past...

There is no ideal time to visit Galaxidi, because you have many options to choose, even for the most demanding visitor. During your stay in Galaxidi, you can visit

During your stay in Galaxidi at hotels and rentals, don't forget to ask their supervisors about information for souvenris in Galaxidi, such us:

• Traditional sweets
• Handmade jams
• Honey
• Wine

Alternatively, you can walk at the narrow streets of Galaxidi, behind the old, traditional buildings, that refer us to some other time, many years ago, when Galaxidi was one of the most important naval cities of the world or you can enjoy bicycling, diving and sailing.

DON'T FORGET

To taste the traditional sweet called "Revani" 

During your stay in Villa Ianthia in Galaxidi, you can visit:

• The minster of Galaxidi, church of Agios Nikolaos. It is a Byzantine style building of 1902, with two towers, magnificent carved iconostasis depicting images from the Old and New Testament (and thanksgiving procession of hte holy image a day of celebration, December 6).
• The church of Agia Paraskevi, a building of 16th century. The temple is from 1847. The church is famous for its zodiac-sunflower discovery of Captain-asvvy astronomy, Elias Scourtis.
• The Maritime Museum of Galaxidi, one of the best museums in Greece with rare historical nautical finds and philatelic collections (flashback to the historical herigage of Greece)

• The Folklore Museum of Galaxidi, with objects-symbols of traditional culture generations of people from Galaxidi. Navigate the streets and alleways of the city, where the architecture that feels like home and neoclassical and traditional settlements adorn this small region of Fokida...
• The cave at Galaxidi. A natural geological wonder, with a vaulted roof cave in the rock. Located in the central square Mamas, the bygone karkaros, the current cave.
  
  
• The Holy Monastery of Prophet Elias. On the eve of the feast, there is a big religious event in the city with a festival, the procession of the image and thanksgiving.
• The Holy Monastery of Metamorphosis of Soter. It is a Byzantine building, at an altitude of 300m, dating from 1250 and built by Komnenoi kings. Whithin the monastery, there is the rare picture of Metamorphosis of Soter, a work of Michael II Komnenos. Here, in 1702, the monk Euthymius wrote the local history from 990 to 1700, The Chronicle of Galaxidi.
• Visit via local fishermen boats at the idyllic islands that emerge in the marine city skyline, the island of St. George with its magnificent zoumoulia (rare species narcissus tazetta) and defy the chapel of St. Andrew.
• The tomb of Lokros. It is a found of Christian catacomb, dating from the era of the dynasty of kings Lokron at Galaxidi, ancient Oianthia.

 

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Hirolakas port in the central of Galaxidi next to Villa Ianthia

 Romantic picture of the central port of Hirolakas next to  Villa IANTHIA..The house is located

in  a easy, beautiful place around the traditional houses of the famous nautical city of captains.

There are a lot of restaurants,and also markets for the visitors's ,facilities

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Maritime Museum of Galaxidi

The first maritime museum in Greece was founded in 1928 and was housed in the 1870 building of the old City Hall. The idea of a local museum belonged to doctor Efthimios Vlantis, descendant of a naval family and for years mayor of Galaxidi. His initiative met with much enthusiasm by the locals, who donated precious heirlooms that adorned their houses for years and bore the historical import of a rich nautical tradition. These items formed an initial collection and led to the establishment of the first Maritime Museum of Greece. In 1932 was created the Archaeological Collection of Galaxidi, hitherto housed in the building of the Maritime Museum.
  The continuous donations enriched considerably the museum collections, which now include ship figureheads, parts of vessels, nautical tools and instruments, ship models, fighters' weapons of the 1821 Greek War of Independence. There is also a rich archive collection of ship documents and diaries, captains’ certificates, seamen’s books, as well as a collection of maps and photos.
  Among the oldest acquisitions of the museum are the paintings of Greek sailing ships. These comprise now the richest collection of its kind in Greece. In their majority, these aquarelle paintings represent vessels from the local fleet of Galaxidi, attesting to the growth of navigation in Galaxidi during the 19th and early 20th centuries, when the small maritime town reached its heyday. The museum also owns a collection of paintings by the folk painter and sea captain Petros Petrantzas.
  Furthermore, the Museum of Galaxidi holds a valuable treasure, the manuscript of the Chronicle of Galaxidi, a historical narration for the region from the 10th to the 17th century, written by the monk Efthimios in 1703. The manuscript was discovered among the ruins of a Byzantine monastery in 1864 and was published one year later by the pioneer researcher of Modern Greek literature Konstantinos Sathas.

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